Superpowers

Question 1

What was the USA’s military budget in 2020?

Answer 1

$778 billion

Question 2

How much more is the USA’s military spending than China’s?

Answer 2

5 times

Question 3

What is the world’s reserve currency?

Answer 3

US $

Question 4

What percentage of all global financial transactions are in dollars?

Answer 4

80%

Question 5

Which country gives out the most financial aid?

Answer 5

USA

Question 6

How many Fortune 500 companies are American?

Answer 6

126

Question 7

How much has has the Chinese GDP grown by since 1990?

Answer 7

10 times

Question 8

How many Chinese state owned corperations are in the top 10 of the Global 500 and which?

Answer 8

3
Sinopec
State Grid
and China national patroleum

Question 9

When did China open thier firdt overseas military bas in Djibouti and why?

Answer 9

2017
near strategic oil shipping routes

Question 10

How much a year does the One Belt Road cost?

Answer 10

$150 billion

Question 11

In 2014 China signed more than how much in construction contracts across Africa?

Answer 11

$56 billion

Question 12

How many scholarships a year does China offer to African students?

Answer 12

33,000

Question 13

When did Russian forces invade Crimea?

Answer 13

2014

Question 14

Where is the worlds largest producer of Fossil fuels?

Answer 14

USA

Question 15

Where is the worlds second largest producer of Fossil fuels?

Answer 15

Russia

Question 16

China’s annual increase in emissions fell from what in 2002 to what in 2016?

Answer 16

9% - 0.3%

Question 17

What percentage of renewable energy patents in 2016 were submitted by China?

Answer 17

29%

Question 18

China mines what percentage of the world’s rare Earth metal production?

Answer 18

90%

Question 19

In 2017 the US accused which aircraft manufacture of recieving how much of illegal subsidies from the EU?

Answer 19

Airbus
$22bn

Question 20

Why did the US claim the Airbus subsidies where damaging which domestic manufacturer?

Answer 20

Boeing by making Airbus aircrafts unnaturally cheap

Question 21

How did the US respond to the Airbus subsidies?

Answer 21

Imposing $7.5bn of extra tarrifs on imported EU products

Question 22

What were the members of the old seven sisters?

Answer 22

BP, Shell, Exxon Mobil, Texaco, Gulf Oil, Chevron

Question 23

What are the members of the new seven sisters?

Answer 23

Saudi Aramco, Russia’s Gazprom, CNPC of China, NIOC
of Iran, Venezuela’s PDVSA, Brazil’s Petrobras and Petronas of Malaysia

Question 24

The Worlds two largest Pharmaceutical companies are called what and what country are they both based in?

Answer 24

Johnson and Johnson
Pfizer
US

Question 25

How long are patents generally valid for?

Answer 25

20 years

Question 26

When was the Kyoto Protocol?

Answer 26

1997

Question 27

Countries who ratified the Kyoto protocol pledged to do what?

Answer 27

cut emissions by 2012

Question 28

Why is the Kyoto protocol considered a failure?

Answer 28

Most countries did not meet the pledge Developing countries including china where exempt USA refused to ratify global emissions went up 58%

Question 29

When was the Montreal Protocol made?

Answer 29

1987

Question 30

What was the aim of the Montreal Protocol?

Answer 30

To protect the ozone, by phasing out ozone depleting CFCs

Question 31

Was the Montreal protocol considered a success or a failure and why?

Answer 31

A success as it was ratified by all countries and projections indicate the ozone layer will return to 1980 levels between 2050 and 2070

Question 32

What is the purpose of the International criminal court?

Answer 32

It tries war criminals according to international laws

Question 33

What is a criticism of the ICC?

Answer 33

Accused of targeting African despots(tyrants) whilst turning a blind eye to western perpetrators

Question 34

When was the civil war in Rawanda?

Answer 34

Between 1990 and 1994

Question 35

What was the estimated death toll of the Rawandan civil war?

Answer 35

800,000 mostly members of the minority Tutsi community

Question 36

How many UN peace keepers where there in Rawanda?

Answer 36

3,000

Question 37

The US Geological Survey has estimated there to be how much oil in the wider Arctic region?

Answer 37

412bn barrels